SUPPLY CHAIN ARTICLES
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Can America's Retreat On mRNA Be Europe's Opportunity?
With HHS winding down mRNA vaccine development under BARDA, could Europe seize the opportunity to lead in mRNA innovation? Exploring the policy shift's implications.
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Cultivating A Thriving mRNA Ecosystem: Key Initiatives & Future Directions
Overall, I felt that the following initiatives/talking points were demonstrative of the types of creativity and symbiosis that we will need much more of in the near and long-term to foster a healthy and fruitful RNA ecosystem.
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The mRNA Supply Chain Revolution: Materials, Methods, And Momentum
mRNA innovation now hinges as much on manufacturing materials as on molecular design, with novel inputs shaping performance, cost, and scalability. As these less-mature materials move rapidly into production, strategic material selection and supplier alignment are becoming critical to manufacturing resilience and long-term success.
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Moderna & The Global mRNA Supply Chain: Regulatory Lessons Learned
One of the most important reminders I took away from Moderna’s experiences ushering its mRNA vaccine onto the global market is that a commercial manufacturing process must also be accompanied by a commercially ready supply chain. Though sufficient physical volumes of each raw material and a redundant supplier network are necessities, physical scale is not the only “CQA” for which we must account when commercializing our supply chain.
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The Price Is… Almost Right: mRNA Edition! COGS Reduction Strategies
The following article will outline the current state of COGS in the mRNA industry and the work he and his colleagues undertook to more effectively utilize raw materials. But heaven forbid this be your normal conference panel write-up. No, below I share Parrella’s insights, but in the form of a never-before released episode of The Price is Right…or perhaps more fittingly given the state of the industry today, this spectacle is more aptly titled: The Price is…Sort Of, Almost, Not Quite Right!
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Sourcing Plasmid DNA From CDMOs Got More Challenging — Here's Why
The demand for plasmid DNA products is intrinsically linked to unique market conditions and funding environments. Here's what's driving them.
ARTICLES, APP NOTES, CASE STUDIES, & WHITE PAPERS
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The story of how Moderna brought one of the first mRNA vaccines to the market has all the makings of a legend we will pass down through generations. However, unlike the legends of King Arthur or The Fountain of Youth, we can celebrate that Moderna’s legendary journey was — and still is — real. Not only did the mRNA vaccines help return life to normal, but they also kickstarted the mRNA therapeutic renaissance we’re happily experiencing today.
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Costs of poor quality (COPQ) cannot be overstated. Review the statistics that prove how costly it can be to avoid resolving quality issues in your processes and supply chain.
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Plasmids are crucial for CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology, and their role in CRISPR is expected to evolve with ongoing research.
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Cryopreservation eliminates rigid timelines by decoupling collection from production, providing the flexibility needed to optimize facility use and stabilize advanced therapy supply chains.
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Chemical modifications on CRISPR gRNAs enhance stability, editing efficiency, and reduce immune responses, enabling in vivo applications and clinical success.
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Read through the results of our efforts to produce an optimal protocol for the transient transfection of hMSCs with pDNA or mRNA using non-viral means.
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Ensuring consistent replication and proper retention of plasmid DNA sequence is vital to the economics and efficiency in generating starting materials used for production of AAV delivered gene therapy and mRNA vaccines and therapeutics.